Not far from home is Liam's favorite swing....this one never gets old. I may be developing carpal tunnel syndrome from repetitive pushing on this one.
One of Liam's favorite park activities is to put pea gravel, wood chips - whatever is dirty and available - on playground surfaces. Much to the horror of a pig-tailed 3 year old girl, the surface du jour last Tuesday happened to be the base of the slide. She was on the swings at the opposite end of the playground at the time, but announced with absolute certainty that no good could come of Liam's handiwork. She was probably right, but being preoccupied with feeding Sarah at the time I may have pretended not to notice his actions or her indignant protests. Tattle tale.
More surfaces to cover...
Liam's work is never done...
By the time we headed home for lunch there were dirt and rocks piled strategically all over that place. As for the playground marshal that called him out for artistic expression? He tried to give her a hug, but she wanted nothing of it. Her loss.
Next up...a trip to "Monika's Park" in the Big City. The wobbly suspension bridge is a big step up from the Tot Lot back home! A little bit too big, according to Liam.
Once on solid footing we still managed a few giggles in Monika's direction....
And an obliging pose for Mom....
Then we went down the "big slide" together (big for Liam, comically small for Mom!) before retreating to the sand box. Okay, Liam retreated to the sand box. I retreated to my latte and a chat with Monika and a peaceful, snoozy Sarah. This was a good trip to the park. :)
Last but not least, we have Desperation Park....the playground that's so close even Liam gets there on his own two feet. We go to this one when it looks like rain but we are going STIR CRAZY in the house. It's a lame park. Even Liam thinks so. But there's gravel and a slide and very rarely are any little girls there to tell him off for making piles. Everyone wins.
And what do I do at the park? I have a big responsibility: I am entrusted with holding the "special" rocks...
1 comment:
Haha! That must be a boy thing - both of my nephews love to put gravel, rocks and sticks down the slides, on the steps and the swings - as long as they aren't running with sticks, what can you do?
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